Used with numbers to indicate an approximate amount or estimate, and passing into an adverb with the sense ‘about, nearly, approximately’. Also U.S.…
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| 释义 | the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > [adverb] (33) somec888 Used with numbers to indicate an approximate amount or estimate, and passing into an adverb with the sense ‘about, nearly, approximately’. Also U.S.… aboutOE With numbers, quantities, and measures: approximately. thereabouts1413 Transferred to time, quantity, quality, degree, etc. Mostly preceded by or. About or not far different from a stated number, sum, quantity, space… thereabout1534 About that number, quantity, size, space of time, etc. = thereabouts, adv. 2 (Chiefly after or.) thereby1563 In reference to a number or quantity: Very nearly so; somewhere about that; = thereabouts, adv. 2a 2b. Scottish. nearabout1567 Nearly, almost; approximately. thereupona1676 = thereabouts, adv. 2b. Scottish. Obsolete. thereaway1815 Somewhere about that (number, amount, age, etc.); = thereabouts, adv. 2. nearabouts1834 Chiefly regional. Nearly, almost; approximately. somewheres1859 let us say1863 intransitive. In imperative or let us say, used parenthetically. Indicating that a following (in later use also preceding) designation of number… Subcategories:— nearly (of amount) (22) |
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